Monthly Archives: April 2009

Here at Nottinghamshire Indymedia Towers, we are also experimenting with Twitter. Again, most useful for RSS notifications. User name:  nottsindymedia txt to +447624801423  <FOLLOW nottsindymedia>  from other & international mobile phones. To stop receiving texts, send <LEAVE nottsindymedia> or <OFF>  … Continue reading →

So, well, I have for a while now, but on the whole, I use it to notify updates on this blog:  http://tashuk.wordpress.com YouTube:  http://uk.youtube.com/tashphoto Flickr:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/tash and another photo-blog, I have linked for uploads, direct from my Nokia E71 mobile … Continue reading →

On Saturday 18th April, the ex-pat Zimbabwe Community from around the UK, came together to discuss the ‘Death of Democracy’ The gathering was in Nottingham at the Hyson Green Youth Centre, Terrance Street NG7 6ER. [between ASDA and the Noel … Continue reading →

“There’s only one motive for a police officer disguising his identity and that’s because he thinks he’s going to be doing something reprehensible.” – Chris Huhne, the Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman, said his party was given a guarantee by … Continue reading →

In light of the G20 event Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson has invited Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary, Denis O’Connor, to conduct a review of related public order policing tactics. Sir Paul said: “G20 was a complex policing operation managing … Continue reading →

114 activists were arrested in a 2am police raid on a community centre and school on Sneinton Dale, Nottingham, early on Easter Monday, 13th April 2009. It is believed that a demonstration was planned at the E.On powerstation at Ratcliffe-on-Soar … Continue reading →

Paul Lewis on the evidence concerning the death of Ian Tomlinson at the G20 summit protest http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/audio/2009/apr/08/g20-tomlinson

Ian Tomlinson, the man who died at last week’s G20 protests in London, was attacked from behind and thrown to the ground by a baton-wielding police officer in riot gear, dramatic footage obtained by the ­Guardian shows. Moments after the … Continue reading →